Southbury Public Library hosts The First Ladies Coalition on Friday, March 24 from 2-3:30 pm in the Kingsley Room.
In this one woman play, Ginger Grace is a struggling Irish immigrant named Colleen McCracken, a seamstress who is inspired by America's first ladies to work towards a brighter future in modern day New York City. The storied lives of Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson and Mary Todd Lincoln serve as encouragement for Colleen as she overcomes her tumultuous past. The audience learns about her as a character, and the former first ladies as historical figures, in the process.
The First Ladies Coalition, written and performed by Ms. Grace and directed by Austin Pendleton, is Ginger's most recent work. She also has worked extensively in New York and Regional Theater, playing leading roles in plays such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Doubt, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. She performed her original, interactive play, Inside Emily Dickinson, at the Southbury Public Library in 2014.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Southbury Public Library
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